The Role

We are building software to enhance educational experiences worldwide. Our platform fosters curiosity, creativity, and community through visual content creation and collaboration, serving millions of users globally. As a Fullstack Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in developing exceptional software products that impact billions of people.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing new features across various layers of the tech stack, such as enhancing search functionalities.
• Creating engaging user experiences through animations and micro UI elements.
• Optimizing web applications for performance and reliability, including reducing javascript payloads and enhancing network resilience.
• Improving development processes and tools, like enhancing component libraries and multilingual support tools.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to write clean and efficient code.
• Proficiency in leveraging resources like Stack Overflow to solve coding challenges.
• Bonus points for a good sense of humor.

About Us

Vision: Our goal is to make a significant impact on global education.

Product: We are redefining how people collect and share thoughts online, with a strong user base that loves our product.

Impact: With over 50 million active users, our platform is among the most widely used applications globally, aiming to become the most utilized.

Financial Stability: We are backed by venture capital and profitable, with a commitment to long-term sustainability.

Technology Stack

• Web: VueJS, Tailwind CSS.
• Backend: Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Elixir (Phoenix), Python.
• Storage: Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, Firestore, Snowflake.
• Mobile Apps: React Native (with Swift and Java integration).

Why Join Us

• Minimal meetings to maximize productivity.
• Opportunity to tackle complex scalability and internationalization challenges.
• Focus on crafting delightful user experiences.
• Emphasis on creative problem-solving and high-quality code.
• Regular product releases to keep innovation flowing.

Challenges

• Rapid growth requires ongoing process refinement.
• Improving project management to streamline development processes.

Meet Some of the Team

• Josh Hewitt: Known for his surgical improvements to complex systems.
• Colin Teahan: A master of one-liners and early app development for iOS and Android.

Work Environment

Our office, located near a beautiful national park, offers amenities such as outdoor WiFi and various spaces for hobbies and relaxation, including a meditation room, game room, and makerspace.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with matching contributions.
• Commuter benefits and flexible spending accounts.
• Generous stock options.
• Catered meals and ample vacation time.
• Annual gadget upgrades and special perks for joining during this exciting growth phase.